1877 Peoria
Madam of a ‘Black and Tan Resort’ that tells potential customers when they hear
of her exploits in Town that she has Mulatto Girls in her stable of the most
beautiful women in town.
ADALINE
ADDY COLE QUEEN OF THE NITE LIFERS.
Of course they reported every one of her arrests and
fines and did it as if they were in
distain of her…truth is she fascinated the reporters their readers and got her publicity that she
could not buy she tried several times
to by ads but OF course the newspapers
refused yet they printed the fact that
she had asked for an ad see they are
showing the do-gooders in town how much they are against her yet the same article tells the men in town
if she moved or where she said she was going to appear and of course always reported that her new
‘residence was a RESORT OR A BLACK AND TAN RESORT…and GAVE the address…..\
That meant she had all white women or Mulatto women…Just like the other madam I
told you about a big deal was made of her fine paying at city hall or the courthouse…..…Peorians in
the know knew the game and assumed that the paper or the reporters were being
paid to print this stuff yet they
eagerly read it.
She raced through the city on her ‘Elegant Styled
Black Carriage with a beautiful horse pulling it at breakneck speed…A police
officer went after and she turned over…When he went to arrest her she stole
another carriage and raced off
$200 fine.
Big Brawl over at Addy Coles new place on Water Street
Every incident at her place brought police and usually they had to Disarm Addy who was fast to pull her pistol from a
concealed place on her person…
She was a grass root politician and every election she
picked someone to politic for and she could get out the vote simply by
reducing the price of her drinks…even
some bolder politicians had a free beer
RALLY at her place Hell the women could not vote so the more
free beer the better chance of getting
elected she was just one of many of our
madams I’ll tell you about Diamond Li in
1930’s.
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